Tool and tools
I recently read somewhere that a lot of people make a living by their participation in surveys. I don’t know if that’s entirely true. Seems unlikely, doesn’t it. I know some companies and institutions pay you if you take the time to do their surveys. But it’s usually no great amounts of cash involved and besides how many paid surveys can weasel your way into in a month. I can’t be that many. I should think there’s more money in conducting surveys. Of course you can’t do really big ones as a freelance alone surveyor. But it can’t be impossible pull in a reasonable amount of cash. Patch together, buy or rent (or whatever the procedure is) an effective survey tool. Write down and incorporate a set of question on subject you think a lot of companies are interested in sell off the results. Someone should be willing to pay for it if it’s properly done. You’ll probably need a fair comprehension of how scientific studies are conduct before you begin. But that should be easy, buy a book on the subject.